MashZone NextGen 10.2 | Appendix | Legacy Presto components | Mashables and Mashups | Mashups in MashZone NextGen Wires | Creating Mashups in Wires | Add Actions or Other Blocks | Transform Results
 
Transform Results
 
Drag Input Nodes to Add Nodes to the Output
Manually Add Fields or Structure Nodes
Map Input Nodes to the Output
Enter or Calculate Data
Transformer Block Video rectTransformer Block Video
The Transformer action allows you to change the structure and data from document results to a document structure you define.
* To define the transformation
1. Connect document-type results from another block as input to Transformer.
The Block Properties for this action displays three panes with the structure of the input document, a pane where you build the output structure, and a pane with properties you can assign to the currently selected output node or field.
Tip: It helps to maximize the Block Properties/Preview panel with the button while you work with both structures.
Both the input and output structure can contain:
* = a root or structure node that contains children but does not repeat. The root node completely wraps the entire document of the results.
* = a repeating node, usually with children.
* = a field (node) that contains data. If the node name begins with @ this is an XML attribute. Otherwise it is an XML element.
2. Change the name for the root node, if desired, in the Ouptut Node Settings field.
3. Build the output structure under the root node and define what data should populate the results. To build the output structure and data:
*Drag Input Nodes to Add Nodes to the Output: you can drag individual fields, entire structures or repeating nodes. You can then delete specific nodes from the output, rename output nodes or use node properties to transform the output data.
*Manually Add Fields or Structure Nodes for more control over the structure and order. Then use node properties to populate data.
*Map Input Nodes to the Output to populate data in the output structure.
*Enter or Calculate Data for output fields. You can enter literal data or use functions to calculate data.
*Delete output nodes: select the output node and click .
*Rename nodes: in the Output Node Settings pane.
Node names must be valid XML names, starting with a letter and containing only letters, numbers, periods(.), underscores (_) or dashes (-).
*Copy/paste node property settings from one output node to another with the and buttons in the Output Structure toolbar.
4. Use Run to preview the results as needed.

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